Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-07


EXPERIENCE. s
l should have been in my grave % o. NE NE
@years ago if l had not quit drinkil,
Intoxicating liquors, as l did in lsi i iI
1 had contracted the habit and built d, Is
a blind unnatural appetite for stroap
drinks and liked the taste of every kind ssS
of liquor-though suspect l liked ths N
effects still better. began to groy b
careless and slothfull in business, and Is
put off till next week what oughtb S;
have done to-day. Fortunately l ds Es
covered that the habit was running ny n
health and my worldly prospects, aaiH
by a most determined will powell e
conquered the powerful appetite b
which l had acquired for intoxicans &
and broke it forever.
knew that the habit was second
nature, and that the unnatural appetite (
for strong drinks was stronger than /
nature itself, for every glass Of (
liquor drank increased the desire fn I
another glass, and so on addibitum, and Z
therefore to have conquered such
fearful habit wsss the saving of my lts
and all that was worth living fol
When l found myself secure from fall
Fling back into the whirlpool of intoxt
cants, / felt as shipwrecked persaa
must feel when his life is barely SAVED
by the lifeboat, when many of his fel
low passengers are still struggling in
the waves. Being saved himself, hek
eXcitedly anxious to save others. felt
so oyerjoyed at being snatched froms
habit which had been dragging me
down to misery and death, that found
my greatest pleasure consisted in cir.
culating the temperance pledge, giving
temperance lectures free of charge all
over the country, and using every et.
fort in my power to enlighten public
sentiment in regard to the fearful de-
fusion of strong drink. / particularly
urge Young men and young women, as
now do, to start right in life to avoid
this greatest evil in the land, because
it is the parent of nearly every othsr
evil known, and is sure to utterly des.
troy nineteenth of those who form the
drink habit. / begged them to touch
not single drop, because, like, opium
morphine, and other narcotics the drink
ing of lquor calls for more, more ant
more to produce the same effect that
little produced at first, and thus al
artificial and unnatural appetite wa
created that proved irresistible in
great many majority Of cases. / showe'
the youth of this country that thei
health, happiness and success in life
journey on whisky, beer, and othe
brain muddlers, or on cold water
natures beverage, which gives tn
clear brain, the firm hand, the stronl
| resolution, and the noble ambition Il
succeed in life financially and morally
l am glad to know that l have starte
thousands Of young persons on tn
right track. and that their exampl
will save hundreds of thousands 0
their posterity and fellow beings. Iii
one of the greatest pleasures of tn
evening of my life that look back an
see the multitude of young marie
men, who were running themselves an
families by this social, delusive, ant
absolutely fatal habit of dram-drink
ing, whom have been able to cor
vince that they were on the wron
track, and to induce them to switch o.
and take the temperance track of Life
Many wife and son and daughte
| have ciasped me by the hand, ant
with streaming eyes, have thanked m
| for having saved them from miser
and degradation, and saving their faith
er and husband.
Young married men in Bridgepor
who were my tenants, / have induce
to abandon the use OF liquor and te
bacco on the condition that woult
build and sell them house on credl'
to be paid by installments. Number
of such men with growing familie
; have in few years owned the house
they lived in, clear from debt, they hay
ing saved the money by cutting Of
their rum and tobacco expenses, AM
earned more money by their renewe'
energy, strength and ambition. Their
is not one redeeming quality in tn
liquor drinking habit. It does no poss
BILE good, and it infiicts all manner 0
evil on its victim, his family AM
friends. It's the most degrading, poS
erty breeding, and utterly destructiy
infatuation that ever paralized tn
hopes. comforts. and characters OF tn
people of this otherwise blesse
America.